Occupation: Linguist Birth: December 7, 1928
There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them.
In the United States, the political system is a very marginal affair. There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of the same party….
Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestow….
In Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe... and an attack….
A property of an organism enters into its life (and survival) in many different ways, some more salient than others. But there is no simple notion of….
The task for a modern industrial society is to achieve what is now technically realizable, namely, a society which is really based on free voluntary ….
It's this kind of wild unpredictability, megalomania, thin-skinned craziness that really has me worried, more than [Donald Trump] statements. Now, on….
Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test is ill-….
The change between horse and buggy to automobile is a big change and there hasn't been a major change since..
As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism is New Deal Liberalism. In fact….
What I've called "the Mafia doctrine" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. It's too dangerous to allo….
The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, f….
Another problem is the confrontation with India. Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation)..
Caterpillar was quite important because that was the first manufacturing industry that used Reaganite strike-breaking techniques. They illegally call….
There is nothing more mysterious about the concept human nature than about the concept bee or chicken nature, at least for those who regard humans as….
[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do not….
The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened and that was a big factor….
As for organs, traits, etc., being "for" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if only because of th….
Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion ….
One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship..
There was very little international support, even England wouldn't support [bombing of Syria], which is amazing..